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Marc Bolan's Optimistic Overlook

Jim Esposito, Zoo World, 11 November 1972

"A NICE THING happened in New Jersey," related Marc Bolan with a gleam in his eye. He pauses momentarily and the small group of press personnel immediately wonder what nice thing could possibly happen in New Jersey – this could make national headlines. "I got mobbed for the first time in America," Bolan says proudly. Okay, so that sounds like New Jersey, but I wonder if he checked his wallet?

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